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SHIRT AND SHIRT BOSOM SUPPORTER.

No. 403,182. Patented May 14, 1889.

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No. 403,182. Patented May 14, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP EDMUND EVANS, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

SHIRT AND SHIRT-BOSOM SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,182, dated May 14, 1889.

Application filed February 6, 1889. Serial No. 298,857. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PHILIP EDMUND EVANS, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at London, England, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shirt-B'osom Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to means for retaining shirt-fronts in shape and for preventing the breaking or creasing of the same during wear.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a pair of retainers constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one of the same. Figs. 3 and 4 are a front and side elevation, respectively, of a detail, and Fig. 5 is a view of a modification thereof. Fig. 6 is a view of another detail. Fig. 7 is a front view of a shirt having my improved retainers applied thereto, and Fig. 8 is a rear view of a portion of the shirt.

at a are two retainers, which are composed of flat steel, Whalebone, or other flexible material, and preferably curved to correspond to the shape of the shirt-front, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8. Each of these retainers is provided at its ends with studs 17 b, by means of which it can be connected to a shirt. The said studs are adapted to enter button-holes c c in tabs (1 d, secured to the shirt. As shown in Figs. 3 and 4, these tabs are secured to the shirt at one edge, as indicated by dotted lines at e, a portion of this edge being left unattached, so that the end of a retainer can be passed beneath the said tab, as indicated, while in Fig.

5 the tab is shown as sewed nearly all round and provided with a wing, 01, in which the studhole is formed. I wish-it understood, however, that the retainers may be secured by any other desirable means.

In addition to the tabs d, I advantageously employ loops f, Figs. 6, '7, and S, which are secured to the shirt to assist in holding the retainers in position; but I use no cross-bars or frame-work extending crosswise of the bosom, and which are annoying and irritating to the wearer.

Having now particularly described and asoertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is- 1. In combination with a shirt provided at the back of its bosom with the upper and lower button-holed tabs (1 d at each side of said back, the pair of separate independent fiexibleretainers a, each provided at each of its ends with a stud to engage with such tabs, all as set forth.

2. In combination with a shirt provided at the back of its bosom with the loops f, and also with the tabs (1, provided with buttonholes, the retainers a, as described, having studs at each of their ends and adapted to be applied to the bosom and to be held to place by the loops and tabs, as set forth.

PHILIP EDMUND EVANS.

Witnesses:

J AS. J NO. CALCOTI, WM. II. R. TOWNSEND. 

